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National Museum of African American Music opens in Nashville

A new museum in Nashville aims to preserve the legacy of African American music. The National Museum of African American Music will be the only institution dedicated to showcasing music genres created, influenced, and inspired by black Americans. Since 2002, the museum has raised $60 million and collected 1,500 artifacts. Museum president and CEO Henry Beecher III and senior curator Dina Bennett join “CBS This Morning.” Source

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A glance into the history of African American music

Dina Bennett, senior curator of the National Museum of African American Music, brought a few of the museum’s 1,500 artifacts to “CBS This Morning” to share a bit of their history. They include B.B. King’s custom-made blazer, Billie Holiday’s vinyl recording of “Strange Fruit,” and George Clinton’s performance robe. Source

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How to create a better morning routine

Gretchen Rubin’s award-winning podcast “Happier” aims to help people live healthier and more productive lives. She joins “CBS This Morning” to share tips for creating a better morning routine, especially for those juggling work and family. Source

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Artificial intelligence aims to improve breast cancer diagnoses

A recent study found that false positive breast biopsies cost the healthcare system over $2 billion per year. According to the National Cancer Institute, mammograms miss about 20% of breast cancers while one in 10 women receive a false positive result. Jamie Yuccas spoke with researchers at Google and UCLA who have developed an artificial intelligence program to help better diagnose mammograms and biopsies. Dr. Susan Grossman joins “CBS This Morning” to explain the need for the new technology. Source

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Hospital video shows law enforcement beating, tackling teen

A North Carolina mother is blasting law enforcement officers for their violent treatment of her son outside an emergency room during a mental health crisis. Survillance video appears to show security guards tackle the teenager in outside of Charlotte, NC. At another point, a sheriff’s deputy punches him while he’s handcuffed. Don Dahler reports on what the teen’s mom told CBS News’ Charlotte affiliate WBTV. Source

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Woman accused of drugging new mom and trying to steal baby

A Washington state woman, who once ran for public office in Colorado, is accused of trying to kidnap a three-week-old baby. Juliette Parker and her teenage daughter are suspected of posing as photographers, and drugging a new mom to try and steal her infant. Carter Evans reports on the case before Parker’s Tuesday arraignment. Source

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Eye Opener: Americans return home after coronavirus quarantine

Over 300 Americans who have been quarantined on a cruise ship due to the coronavirus outbreak have finally returned to the U.S., causing paranoia over what that could do to the number of cases in the country. Also, Mississippi has declared a state of emergency after the Pearl River reached historic levels of flooding. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

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